fran in springfield missouri. good morning. >> caller: good morning. new york and new jersey are blue states. republicans are not going to out of their way for that. >> bill: good point. governor christie made that point yesterday. new york and jersey, we've been there on the front lines helping people in other parts of the country, right, like in the tornado belt and others where they needed help. now it is our turn? what do we get? >> there are more food stamps in the red states than the blue states. >> bill: it's interesting. they are blue states but there are a lot of republicans in those states, right? look at governor christie. so this idea that the politics would be behind it, i think you're right fran. unbelievable. you would think that in time of disaster, you don't ask people's party affiliation. i'm sure that's part of the thinking of the tea baggers. good for you fran. larry up in new briton, connecticut. hey, larry, good morning. connecticut had a lot of damage. >> caller: happy new year. >> bill: happy new year, yes indeed. >> caller: i c